Mack Trucks Inc. announced Monday that it has been awarded a contract for more than 1,400 trucks by the United States Postal Service.

The award calls for the company to provide 1,180 units of its Vision highway model and 226 of its MR vocational model by the end of 2006. The vehicles will be used at more than 200 postal service locations across the country.
"We are very proud that we were selected – it's a testament to the quality of the people throughout the Mack organization, as well as the high regard in which our products are held," said Kevin Flaherty, Mack senior vice president of sales. "We're particularly pleased with the number of Vision models in the contract. We're working very hard to grow our highway business. And we view this as a very significant step in that process."
Mack has a long history of doing business with the Postal Service, dating back to the early 1990's. Since then, every new Class 8 truck the Postal Service has purchased has been a Mack.
In addition to the vehicles, the contract calls for the company to provide an array of other services, including training.